Bookholder



July 31, 1923. y 1,463,668

M. J. CAFFREY BOOK HOLDER Filed July 6, 1922 WITNESS/5S A TTOHNE YSPatented July 31, 1923.`

UNITED STATES MAURICE .'r. cAFrRnxfoENEW YORK, N. Y.

BOOKHOLDER.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MAURICE J. CAFFREY,

a citizen of the .United States, anda resident of the city of New York,borough ofManhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Bookholdenfof which the following-is a full, clear, andexact description.`

The present invention relates to newv and useful improvements in bookholders, and it pertains more particularly to a book holder adapted forattachment to an article of furniture, such, for instance, as a. chair,bed, or the like.

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide a new andimproved form of book holder which may be adjusted to various angles tomeet the requirements of an article of this character.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a new and improvedform of attaching means for securing the book holder in position on anarticle of furniture.

lt is a further object of the invention to provide a new and improvedform of book holder which is adjustable in a horizontal and a verticalplane.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a new and improvedform of book holder in which means for maintaining the book in openposition is employed.

Vith the above and other objects in view, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a newand improved book holder constructed in accordance with the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawl ings, the reference character11 designates a substantially triangular bracket, and one side of saidtriangular bracket is extended beyond its adjacent side as indicated bythe reference character 12. The side which carries the extension 12 issecured to the adja- Carried by. one.` off the'y sides `of thetriangular -member 11 is-v a clamp. consisting.l of two members. 17,slidably mounted'withglrespect tothe plate 18,.wliich plateis securedvPa orfrlqcas' to the triangularbracketas .at 19.j Carried bythetriangularbracket isra r-ifglitand vleft-hand.screw-threaded member20 mounted in a bea-ringmember 21 and having screwthreaded engagement.`with the'clamp meinbers 17 as designated by the reference.charac-l beris squared as at 23 in order that it may -ter 22. yOne en d ofthisscrew-threaded membe engaged with a key to 'rotate the sameto t movethe clamp members 17 toward and away from each other. The clamp members17 are covered with rubber or the like 24, to prevent their scratchingor marring the the article to Awhich the device is attached.

The reference character 25 ydesignates a rod, one -end of which isprovided with a right-angular extension 26 adapted to engage in one ofthe openings 14 of the trian- The opposite end of the rod 32 isflat asindicated by the reference character 33, and provided with an o eningthrough which a Screw, bolt, or the li re, 34 passes, said screw, boltor the like receiving a wing nut 35. This screw or bolt 34 is carried byav plate 36, and said plate 36 is provided with flanges 37 and 38.

Mounted on the plate and extending there- 3 over are two arms 39, saidarms being mounted on a bolt 40, which is surrounded by a. spring 41pressing upwardly against the arms 39, said arms `beingretained in placeby means of a nut 42. vBy tightening or loosening this nut 42,1thetension of the spring 4]. may be varied at will.

The deviceuoperates in the following manner: The clamping members 17 areengaged with an article of furniture, as, for example, a chair, bed, orthe like, andthe member`20 is rotated so that the clamp members are" j110 caused to firmly grip the article of furniture to which the deviceis attached. After the los device has been positioned, the book, maga- I20 A book vsupport comprising in combinal l zine, or the like, is placeduponl the plate 36 andthe arms 39 are engaged therewithv to holdthe bookor magazine in openposition.

Yin-y the triangular-.shaped bracket member.

From the 'foregoing it is apparent that the present invention provides abook holder in which various adjustments may be `inade in order vvthatthe kproper positioning of the book relative tothe reader may be had.

tion, an attaching means in the form of a clamp,A a substantiallytriangular bracket carried by said clamp, said bracket having aplurality ofopenings in one of its Walls and a projecting Wall providedWith a plurality of serrations, an arm adapted vto be received in one ofsaid serrations, said arm having a right-angular extension adapted to bereceived in one of the openings of the Wall of the bracket, a verticallydisposed arnoA dependent roln the free end of said first-mentioned armandfprovided with a plurality of openings, a rigid arrn carried bysaidvertical'arrn and adapted to be secured in one of saidopenings, and abook-supporting ineinber carriedfon the last-mentioned arm andadjustably secured thereto in a horizontal plane. l v

' MAURICE J. CAFFREY.

